weather in Yakutsk

Confused plants bloom in Sayano-Shushenskiy reserve in Central Siberia, strawberry ripen in the Far East of Russia.

It takes truly extreme cold for Yakutian students to miss out on their classes: but the big freeze has arrived (except in Chersky).

Amazing scenes as Russia’s iciest region of Yakutia plunges to near record lows, and even the thermometer in the world’s coldest village breaks down.

With smoke having blown as far as the US and Canada, experts now say 'the trend is positive' in controlling fires raging from the Urals to the Pacific.

Diamond capital of Russia shines with one of the most spectacular 1 May demonstration in the country.

Cats and dogs are left at the mercy of extremely cold weather reaching -50C with no proper animal winter shelter in Yakutsk.

Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.

Summer 2020 follows unusually hot and dry spring in swinging between the extremes.

Destruction of natural habitat by forest fires 'explains bears causing terror in residential areas'.

Hairy beasts are brought back to life in Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city.